Massoud Mehrabi Explained

Massoud Mehrabi (1954  - 31 August 2020) was an Iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist. He studied cinema at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art (1977–1982).[1] and later passed a Film Production Management course at the Industrial Management Institute (1983–84). Mehrabi started his professional career as a journalist in 1970, writing articles for several papers.Mehrabi has been the president and publisher of The Film Monthly magazine (since 1981), The Iranian Cinema Yearbook (since 1992) and The English-language Film International quarterly magazine (since1993) From 1982 to 1989, he worked at the economic desk of the Iranian National Television.[2]

and started his professional career in 1970 as a journalist, writing articles for several papers.

Massoud Mehrabi died at age 66 from a heart attack.[3]

Career

Massoud Mehrabi wrote books on cinema; his The History of Iranian Cinema (1983) was a best-selling book about Iranian cinema. His later book, A Hundred Years of Film Adverts and Film Posters in Iran (2012), is a bilingual study of a subject little covered previously.

Massoud Mehrabi's career roles included being the president and publisher of:

1. Film monthly, in Persian, a film magazine in Iran. Founded in 1981, when there was no other serious film journal and all pre-Revolutionary film journals had ceased to publish for several years, it attracted a number of young film devotees to its staff as writers and critics, many of whom went on to publish magazines of their own.

2. Iranian Cinema Yearbook in Persian (published annually since 1992), which covers all the important film events of the year, and reviews every new film released in Iran.

3. Film International] quarterly, in English (founded 1993), which significantly introduced Iranian cinema, past and present, to the Western audience.

Massoud Mehrabi, always interested in caricatures, was a caricaturist and a graphic artist for various Iranian publications since 1970 and participated in several Iranian and international caricature exhibitions.

Bibliography

Books on cinema

Books on caricatures

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Participation in International Exhibitions of Caricature

Awards

by the House of Cinema (2014) as an outstanding writer and author of Reference Books.

Contributions as a jury

As a publisher and designer of books

And cover designs for numerous books

Works in other newspapers and periodicals as a writer, caricaturist, and graphist

External links

Notes

Notes and References

  1. http://www.irancartoon.com/mehrabi/index2.htm Iran Cartoon website
  2. Web site: Masoud Mehrabi Dies at 66 . Honaronline.ir .
  3. Web site: Masud Mehrabi, director of Iran’s most professional film magazine, dies at 66 . TEHRAN TIMES .

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